Jamie Cooper-Hohn, the estranged wife of London hedge fund manager Sir Chris Hohn, has just been awarded £337 million by a High Court judge in what is thought to be the biggest divorce payout ever awarded in an English court. The decision has been widely seen as a victory for Mrs Cooper-Hohn and it is the latest in a string of high-value divorce disputes along with oil tycoon Harold Hamm and Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky.

Theo Hoppen, head of family law at MLP Law, has explained why an individual does not have to be worth more than £700 million like Sir Chris Hohn and Jamie Cooper-Hohn in o...